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Course Outline

Nessus Interface Overview and Navigation

  1. Installing the Nessus Server and activating the license
  2. Verifying and updating plugins
  3. Conducting Windows scans
  4. Utilizing preloaded scan profiles
  5. Exploring preinstalled configuration standards
  6. Navigating the user interface
  7. Configuring notifications

Scanning Techniques:

  1. Executing simple scans
  2. Running scans from predefined templates
  3. Creating custom templates using preloaded plugins
  4. Performing asset discovery scans

Interpreting Nessus Output:

  1. Analyzing Nessus output files
  2. Comprehending risk ratings and scoring mechanisms
  3. Filtering irrelevant data to streamline output
  4. Validating identified findings
  5. Generating comprehensive Nessus reports

In-Depth Plugin Review:

  1. Data discovery plugins
  2. System-specific plugins
  3. Compliance plugins

Requirements

Foundational knowledge of common network protocols, including HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, SSL, Telnet, and SFTP.

Familiarity with the OSI model layers.

Understanding of IP addressing fundamentals.

 28 Hours

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